# Grain Transportation Report, May 15, 2025

> BNSF held the first of three May auctions for 2025/26 yearlong grain shuttle train contracts, selling 36 shuttles for $19.7 million with winning bids averaging $547,000, well below last year's premiums. FMCSA also declared a regional emergency in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska waiving hours-of-service rules for diesel and biodiesel haulers amid fuel shortages.

- Date: 2025-05-15 · published 2025-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24844-grain-transportation-report-may-15-2025
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower shuttle values signal reduced perceived scarcity in rail capacity, which lowers grain freight costs for shippers and supports Gulf and PNW basis. Fuel shortages raise trucking costs and may tighten local farm delivery, a modest pressure on diesel-linked prices.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-03-25 | [Grain Transportation Report, March 25, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10764-grain-transportation-report-march-25-2021.md) | -2.8% | +2.2% |
| DIESEL | 2024-02-15 | [Grain Transportation Report, February 15, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16561-grain-transportation-report-february-15-2024.md) | -2.0% | -3.4% |
| DIESEL | 2024-07-11 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 11, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16528-grain-transportation-report-july-11-2024.md) | -1.2% | -7.1% |
| DIESEL | 2023-06-29 | [Grain Transportation Report, July 27, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16617-grain-transportation-report-july-27-2023.md) | +2.9% | +20.3% |
| DIESEL | 2023-10-26 | [Grain Transportation Report, October 26, 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33671-grain-transportation-report-october-26-2023.md) | -2.1% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- doi.org: https://doi.org/10.9752/ts056.05-15-2025

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